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Name a movie you’ve seen five times and are still entertained by
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Oh, can I name many? *giggles*
Point Break from 1991 (haven’t seen the new one)
All the Harry Potter movies -I love the way both the books and the movies gets darker and darker as Harry grows older and older. (And… I’m a Potter-head)
Love Actually – my fav X-mas movie
Taxi – the french movie from 1998, not the american one
The Princess Bride – all I can say is EPIC!
OK, that was a few…. *giggles*
Point Break TOTALLY rocks. Great list.
Midnight Run. Robert DeNiro and Charles Grodin in a sleeper hit about a bounty hunter and an embezzling accountant for the mob who is on the run from justice.
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Great one! I love that movie. I think it was the first one DeNiro was a comedy character. Grodin is hilarious, too.
“You don’t look like a criminal.”
“I’m a white collar criminal.”
I think that RD in “King of Comedy” might predate this role, but I like Midnight Run a lot better.
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Hmmm… he was a bit too psycho for me to relax and laugh in King Of Comedy, but I hear ya.
There are too many to list, but Remember the Titans, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, and Breakfast at Tiffany’s would be my top 3!
Classics. A sure win. Thanks!
“The King’s Speech” is one. “The African Queen” is a classic.
Ooh, I saw both of those. Interesting choices. I never thought about seeing The King’s Speech more than once, but the characters are extremely compelling!
The Sting
Ding! Ding! Ding! Love that movie. So witty. great choice. Come to think of it, I may have it on DVD… maybe spend this afternoon watching it.
Clue. Murder on the Orient Express. Death on the Nile. Pride and Prejudice (mini series version), Star Wars 4, 5, 6, Indianan Jones 1, 2, 3, Gosford Park. And that’s just off the top of my head. Oooh Turk 182, The Rescue, SWAT, Die Hard 1, 2, 3, 4, Lethal Weapon 1, 2, 3, 4…Guess the top of my head wasn’t done yet.
I don’t do sequels but you have some great choices on there! Definitely Raiders of the Lost Ark. Definitely Die Hard. Definitely Star Wars…
Off the top of my head, three: When Harry Met Sally, Rain Man, and The Wizard of Oz,
I might have listed Rain Man as one of my favorite movies ever. Great call!
Fight Club, Twelve Monkeys, Practical Magic, The Departed, The Matrix, Gattaca, Romeo and Juliette, Anna Karenina, The Usual Suspects, The Shawshank Redemption, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Life is Beautiful, Casablanca, Gladiator, Braveheart, Gone with the Wind, Kill Bill(s)…
Oh, I’m sorry…
Did you say one?
Gladiator rocks. Braveheart rocks. Fight Club was insanely original. Lots of good choices there.
The Princess Bride
That one is a like a favorite of the entire world, I think.
Tombstone, Quigly Down Under, Rear Window, Pirates of the Carribean The Dead Man’s Chest, The Lord of the Rings trilogy…
We watched Quigley the other day. Magnum as a cowboy. Good stuff.
Bonus, Alan Rickman.
The late great Alan Rickman, RIP.
I will have to go with Fight Club, too… Brilliant film and Brat looks particularity beautiful in it… *the mind wanders*
Have a great weekend, Dan 🙂
Amanda, reading her list I was starting to think she was only listing movies where brad Pitt was shirtless. Good to see you here! Have a great weekend!
I don’t blame her! 😜
To be honest, I’m surprised I didn’t get a lot more of that. My readers rock.
Hm, I don’t usually watch movies or tv. But I loved the made for tv movie of Jane Eyre with George C Scott. Otherwise, I like action films like Die Hard or even Fast and Furious. But, truth to tell, I’ve only watched it once. I rarely (can’t remember the last time) watch a movie more than once.
I might actually be able to watch Jane Eyre if George C Scott is in it. Nice choices!
He made a great Rochester! The best I’ve seen.
Galaxy Quest and Groundhog Day.
Al! It should have been Groundhog Day and Groundhog Day!!
Galaxy Quest I only saw once but I laughed so hard I missed half the jokes. Whoever wrote that one was a comedic genius.
Santa Sangre. Still messes with my head years later.
I have not heard of that one! I’ll have to check it out.
Witness … barn raising scene always makes me tingle. The Bourne trilogy..always seeing something new in these films. Sound of Music, Love Actually, Notting Hill, Bridget Jones…you can see why I’m writing romance! And as for live theatre..Blood Brothers…seen at least 5 times over the years with different casts…brilliant. And the absolute best thing I’ve ever seen on stage… Beautiful-The Carol King Story.
Oh, the freaking Sound Of Music… Don’t get me wrong, I love the movie. I have it on DVD. I took it on a road trip to NC a few weeks ago so my kid could see mountains on the screen and out the window (I don’t know; it made sense at the time). I’ll be even more candid – it’s about 7 children with a coldhearted father who comes to realize he didn’t know them and wants to, and that was like my family growing up. I cry every time I see it!
BUT!
My daughter played that movie many many many times on that road trip. The songs are stuck in my head STILL.
Literally, for days I was humming, “The hiiiiiiiiills are aliiiiiiive!”
Awful. Nobody needs that.
In fact, I’d pretty much gotten it OUT of my head until you mentioned it just now…
Kind Hearts and Cornets with Alec Guiness and Dennis Price. Cinema Pardiso with Salvatore Cascio and Phillipe Noiret. The Blues Brothers with John Belushinand Dan Ackroyd. Fletch with Chevy Chase. Uncle Buck with John Candy and finally any of the Bourne Trilogy with Matt Damon😊😊
Ah, Belushi. Ackroyd. Chase. “New” classics, if you will. And anything with Alec Guiness has to be awesome.
Totally. You should check out the Kind Hearts and Coronets, it really is amazeballs.
Okay, I’ll check them out! Thanks!
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Princess Bride, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings
I’m with ya for two out of three. I didn’t get into the LOTR movie for some reason.
Balto
Bringing Up Baby
Tangled
Full Metal Jacket
Casablanca
And films where everyone drives around like fury, shooting at each other, while standing on the roofs of the car, and the hero hits everyone apart from the main villain who has to be despatched at the end with a witty or profound statement (and a big explosion)….
Tangled! Another one I think I saw 50 times with my daughter. (I’m a good dad, what can I say?) And anything by Kubrick.
Indeed you are, a good dad with excellent taste!
Kulbrick was a genius there’s no doubt; he was provocative and could evoke such powerful emotions. Another of his great films was ‘Paths of Glory’ with Kirk Douglas, each time leaves me so steaming angry at the injustice. By the same token I dislike Clockwork Orange and Dr Strangelove with an intensity that is beyond normal….now a director has to be so very good to cause such feelings. Two of my favourites and two of my pet hates….same man….Wow….far out (as we used to say in the 60s)
A Clockwork Orange is SUCH a unique piece, as is The Shining, as is Dr Strangelove – and all for different reasons. Horror, Humor/Sarcasm, etc. What a master to brilliant work in so many different genres.
No doubt about it.
Forrest Gump, the never ending story, Pride and prejudice, Star Trek (org 1 & 2 and Abrams’s reboot), and seeking a friend for the end of the world.
Allie, I think my boss called me Lieutenant Dan for about three years after Forrest Gump came out. Great movie.
“Amelie” “A Very Long Engagement” “The 400 Blows” “The Trouble With Angels”!
Oh, I’ll have to set the DVR to catch some of those. The Trouble With Angels is a great one! Great list!
What a fun post! Ok, let me see…
Sense and Sensibility, The English Patient, Thunderheart, Rocky I-IV, It’s a Wonderful Life, Coming to America (I actually reference that in my WIP), Honeymoon in Vegas… The list goes on and on. 🙂
Oh, I LOVE It’s A Wonderful life. I watch it every year. And Rocky is a classic. Great list.
Wizard of Oz, natch.
So much to enjoy in that one, plus flying monkeys. Many a sleepless night was had by a child after seeing that!
It was the wicked witch/neighbor that bothered me, especially as I had one plus a little dog…!
What a great actress she was, to be able to be SO scary to so many. She had been a teacher; maybe that had something to do with it.
That explains it – she scared the heck out of me, as many a teacher did!
All the Jurassic Parks
Big
Spartacus
Die Hard
The Snowman (and the Snow Dog)
Santa Claus the Movie
The Fly (Jeff Goldblum version)
Yeah, The Santa Claus has shown to have real staying power. It’s a holiday classic now. Plus my all time fave, Jurassic Park – none better. (It was on cable one week and I think I watched it 5 times in 5 days.)
The Matrix, Ocean’s 11, Inside Man, Deja Vu, Pretty Woman, While You Were Sleeping (especially at Christmas).
Wow, you’re an eclectic! I’ll never forget Sandra Bullock feeling that coma guy up while his mom watched. Sheesh.
Serenity, Silver Linings Playbook, Frequency, The Inspector General, Rear Window….so many to list!
Those are some good ones!
Akira Kurasowa’s film Seven Samurai. I never tire of this film.
I have heard great things about that one. I may have to check it out!
It’s a great classic black and white movie.
The Blind Side. Remember the Titans. The Notebook. Pretty Woman. When Harry Met Sally. Independence Day. Shawshank Redemption. Sleepless in Seattle. Need I go on, lol?
I am actually surprised The Notebook didn’t make more lists. It’s a few of my high school friends’ fave and they post every time it’s on cable, which is all the time, apparently.
I agree, Dan. That’s another one I’m doomed to watch if Hubby happens across it (again!) on one of the premium movie channels. And I’m sure I cry EVERY time I get sucked in, lol.
I may have to check it out. So far I’ve resisted…
It’s a wonderful story. The cast does it serious justice–with some nice eye-candy lead-players too. A win-win!
Uh…go Cam Newton? 😉
Sue, Cam – anybody but Satan. I mean Peyton.
Lol. My guy (Aaron) got eliminated in the Division Championship.
I feel your pain. We were never in it (Buccaneers) AND fired our coach.
Neither were the Giants. It’s been a rough few years for the home team.
A big mistake on the part of both teams.
Head coach–Coughlin–retired this year–maybe to avoid your Buccaneers’ coach’s fate?
I heard Coughlin retired to avoid being fired. But it’s not like I was in the meeting!
I missed it, too, lol. Younger Son knows more of the details I’m sure, but that was definitely the talk at the close of the season proper. I might have done the same. Who needs that kind of pressure and/or threat looming overhead?
Matrix: love the mythological references. Every time I see it I pick up something new. Like Neo = neo platonism a new philosophy. Morpheus was based on the mythological Orpheus who guarded 2 doorways: 1 to true thought. Plus it’s kick ass fun!
Gettin’ all brainy on us. The Matrix was great AND probably helped create a genre/subgenre, so there’s that.
Breakfast at Tiffany’s
When Harry Met Sally
And lots more where those came from 🙂
There are so many funny lines in When Harry Met Sally, and the fact that Billy Crystal could end up with a girl like Meg Ryan gives hope to every guy out there. Plus, Princess Leia is a scream.
LOL I know!!!!! 🙂
The two best movies EVER are The Incredibles and Hitch. I will never, ever tire of these. Ever.
The Incredibles was funny for a lot of reasons. My daughter saw it as a toddler when it was on cable and she became terribly afraid of robots as a result. But she would bravely try to watch it again and again for some reason. Each time the robot in the jungle was about to appear, she would yell “I’m afraid of robots!” and ask me to cover her eyes. I was usually doing something else at the time, too, so it wasn’t easy. And I’d HEAR the movie each time, because I worked from home so I was writing or working, so I was within earshot, but couldn’t see it. So one day I finally sat down and watched it with her and I LOVED IT – and shortly thereafter she stopped worrying about robots. (I explained that the coffeemaker was a robot, the refrigerator, the car, etc. That REALLY backfired for a while because she didn’t want to get in the car, but she worked through it. They were friendly robots.)
Anyway, after she and I watched it, I realized I’d memorized all the lines and so had she. So then we would quote the movie to each other or to the movie as it played. I bet I can still do it.
No capes!
WHERE is my SUPERSUIT?
WHY do you NEED to KNOW?
The one I use at work ALL the time is “You sly dog, you got me monolouging….”
Incredible’s 2 is on the way. I’m sitting over here like Dash just itching to move.
I have been waiting for this for YEARS. YEARS!!!!!!
Well that got the conversation going….
Four weddings and a funeral
My big fat greek wedding
Love Actually
Hmmm there’s a theme in there.
Jurassic Park and I still squirm on my seat at the T Rex bit. Love it so much.
Well, sure; it’s the best part. Even if it’s just on and I’m passing through, I stop whatever I’m doing and watch.
Thomas the Tank Engine fifty million times when the kids were little. Used to turn the sound off – can still hear it! All the Star Wars. Avatar – amazing scenery. Saving Grace – best british comedy ever. Ice Age – just gotta love Scrat. … love all the Pixar animated movies.
Scrat! Of course. Great list.
Pride and Prejudice, the one with Colin Firth. There are dozens more, but I just finished this one so it’s on my mind.
He’s a great actor, no doubt. Thanks!
I like old movies so I will have to say “Christmas in Connecticut”.
An oldie but a goodie!
The Princess Bride… Still my favorite movie.
In thought this would be the #1 named movie
It is the greatest movie ever made.
Clue
Good one!
that a death by murder 🙂
You mean Murder By Death?
LOL I wish I could blame that on dyslexia rather than a brain fart but yes you are right
Ha! I thought so!